But as Lin and his Houston Rockets teammates make their lone appearance this season at Madison Square Garden on Monday night, the average ticket price listings on the secondary ticket market show few Lin-sane prices:

In fact, the average price of $329.63 is only 1.06 percent above the average price for Knicks games off their terrific start this season, according to Chris Matcovich of TiqIQ, whose company studies the secondary market pricing of events.

In the last three weeks of February, meanwhile, the average Knicks ticket price at MSG was $491.65.

So what happened? Why aren’t fans extra-pumped to see Lin return to town?

First off, this isn’t ex-Rangers goalie Eddie Giacomin returning to the Garden after a long and stellar career. Lin was in the lineup for less than a season.

Second, the resale price for every game is pretty high already, given how well the Knicks have played.

But perhaps most importantly, Lin didn’t leave via some Tom Seaver-like unpopular trade. It was Lin’s own decision to take his talents to Houston.